Water pistol having an unpredictable ejection direction



Dec. 28, 1965 R. E. ROGSTAD WATER PISTOL HAVING AN UNPREDICTABLE EJECTION DIRECTION Filed July 31. 1964 INVENTOR.

United States Patent 3,225,964 WATER PISTOL HAVING AN UNPREDICTABLE EJECTION DIRECTION Robert E. Rogstad, 1619 N. 33rd St., Milwaukee, Wis. Filed July 31, 1964, Ser. No. 386,597 3 Claims. (Cl. 22279) This invention relates to toy pistols, and more particularly to a novel water pistol.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a water pistol which, when the trigger is pulled, will eject a stream of water either forward from the barrel of the gun or rearward toward the user of the gun.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel water pistol which will have a floating ball which will cover either the forward passage or the rearward passage within the body of the pistol to make the direction of the stream of water unpredictable when the trigger is pulled by the user.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a water pistol which will have a restricted passageway above the plunger cylinder within the body of the pistol to provide seat means for the ball to close off either the front passageway or the rear passageway.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a water pistol bearing the above objects in mind which is of simple construction, has a minimum number of parts, is inexpensive to manufacture and efficient in operation and use.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the inyention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a side view of the present invention shown in elevation and partly broken away; and

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the water valve shown in FIGURE 1.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, a Water pistol made in accordance with the present invention is shown to include a pistol-shaped body 14 having a passageway 12 which is in alignment with a passageway 12'. Passageway 12 provides a means for a stream of water to be ejected forwardly from pistol 10 while passageway 12' provides a means for water to be ejected rearwardly from pistol 10 A vertical passageway 16 intersects passageways 12 and 12' respectively and a fioatable ball 18 is freely received within passage 16 above the water cylinder 20 and provides a means of closing off passageway 12 or 12' in a manner which will hereinafter be described. A trigger 22 of conventional design is pivotably received within trigger guard 24 and is connected to water cylinder 20 in a conventional manner to actuate water pistol 10 when desired.

In use, pistol 10 is gripped in the hand by the user, and the finger is inserted into the trigger guard 24 and trigger 22 is squeezed, after which water is urged upward into passageway 16 from water cylinder 20. The water lifting 3,225,964 Patented Dec. 28, 1965 ball 18 upward urges ball 18 either forward or rearward to close off passageway 12 or passageway 12 in an un predictable manner. If ball 18 closes off the entrance to passageway 12, the water under pressure is then di rected through passageway 12 rearwardly of pistol 10 and upon the user who is pulling trigger 22. If ball 18 closes off the passageway 12', a stream of water is ejected from passageway 12 forwardly of pistol 10.

It shall be noted that each pull of trigger 22 will cause either passageway 12 or 12 to be blocked off, and the pistol will eject water from the unblocked passageway.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A novel water pistol comprising in combination a body of pistol shape providing a handle means for holding the pistol, a pivotable trigger carried by said body providing a means within said body for urging water under pressure from a water cylinder within the handle of said pistol, a plurality of inner-connected passageways within said body and communicating with said urging means, a floating ball carried by said body providing a means for closing off one of the inner connected passageways within said body to enable a stream of Water to be ejected either forwardly or rearwardly of said pistol.

2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein two of said passageways are aligned and another of said passageways intersects said two aligned passageways at right angles and extends through the body of said pistol to said water cylinder received within the handle of said pistol and said closing means including the fioatable ball is received within said water cylinder within said pistol.

3. A combination according to claim 2 wherein a seat means for said ball comprises an arcuate configuration of said body in the center of the intersection of said passageways and said body forms a seating surface at the center of said passageway receiving said ball at its upper extremity and the inner periphery of the upper extremity of said passageway vertical of said water cylinder provides the necessary arcuate surface for seating said ball to block off one or the other of said passageways at right angles to said passageway above said water cylinder within said handle of said pistol.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 933,961 9/ 1909 Moulin 22279 958,711 5/1910 Moulin 22279 967,140 8/ 1910 Mamaux 22279 M. HENSON WOOD, JR., Primary Examiner.

EVERETT W. KIRBY, Examiner.

A. N. KNOWLES, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A NOVEL WATER PISTOL COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A BODY OF PISTOL SHAPE PROVIDING A HANDLE MEANS FOR HOLDING THE PISTOL, A PIVOTABLE TRIGGER CARRIED BY SAID BODY PROVIDING A MEANS WITHIN SAID BODY FOR URGING WATER UNDER PRESSURE FROM A WATER CYLINDER WITHIN THE HANDLE OF SAID PISTOL, A PLURALITY OF INNER-CONNECTED PASSAGEWAYS WITHIN SAID BODY AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID URGING MEANS, A FLOATING BALL CARRIED BY SAID BODY PROVIDING A MEANS FOR CLOSING OFF ONE OF THE INNER CONNECTED PASSAGEWAYS WITHIN SAID BODY TO ENABLE TO STREAM OF WATER TO BE EJECTED EITHER FORWARDLY OR REARWARDLY OF THE PISTOL. 